Cleveland Foundation Announces Senior Leadership Appointments release date: November 10, 2016CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation today announced the promotion of India Pierce Lee to Senior Vice President, Program. Pierce Lee will lead the Cleveland Foundation's grantmaking team, working with the board, staff, and community leaders to...
Cleveland Foundation announces $7.2 million in November grantsRELEASE DATE: 11.30.2015CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $7.2 million in grants for the month of November.November grantmaking includes funding for those working to improve the overall health and stability of families, including programs...
Cleveland Foundation adds Chief Technology & Information OfficerAnnounces expanded roles for two senior-level staff membersrelease date: 10.12.2015CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation has appointed Leon Wilson to the newly created role of Chief Technology & Information Officer and announces expanded roles for two of its...
Cleveland Foundation announces $18 million in December grants, bringing 2016 support to Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga County nonprofits to $91.2 millionDecember grants focus on empowering youth through education & violence prevention effortsrelease date: 12.16.2016CLEVELAND – The Cleveland Foundation board of directors has approved $18...
On its centennial, Jan. 2, 2014, the Cleveland Foundation today officially kicked off its year-long celebration by unveiling the first in a series of monthly “Cleveland Foundation Day” birthday gifts to the community.
Neighborhoods are composed of homes, businesses, schools, people, families, local government, and institutions. When these components are effectively marshalled, a strong and healthy community is the result. Lately I have been thinking about the role grassroots community organizing plays in this process of building strong...
We don’t think this blog will become simply another place for reposting – but the implications of this are too important not to share. Hopefully old news for Cleveland-area nonprofits, but just in case… From GuideStar last week: “Half a million nonprofits could find themselves stripped of tax-exempt status in May 2010. According...
Lights. Camera. Action! Join us on March 23 for the Cleveland premiere of the film MANChild, written by Cleveland MLK high school student, Earlaina Kemp and directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber (yes, the writer/director of Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story). Last year, nearly 1,000 Cleveland-area students submitted scripts to the...
Think about the YMCA, Salvation Army, and Habitat for Humanity. What do they all have in common? (Besides, of course, the fact that each organization has made significant contributions to society.)
Each of them was founded as a faith-based organization. In other words, these organizations can trace their origins to a particular religious...
I came across a recent blog post that questioned if the recent Neighborhood Progress, Inc. report, Re-imagining Cleveland was audacious or realistic. If you have not seen the plan, please take a look. My two cents: the plan is bold and doable. The small scale, neighborhood based projects weave together nicely to form the big...